Fabric lining for grain-cars and other vehicles.



W. S. TYLER.

FABRIC LINING FOR GRAIN CARS AND QTHER VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. 19.12.

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'w. s. TYLER. FABRIC LINING FOR GRAIN CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, m1. 1,259,320. Patented Mar. 12, 191s.

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illifTE %TATFQ% FATEE T WILSON S. TYLER, KEOTA, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 CHARLES .0. DODDER, 0F 'KEOTA, COLORAFKIDOLv Fannie LINING ron GRAIN-CARS AND orrrnn vnn cnns.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, rats.

Application filed May 25, 1917. Serial No. 1'?0,974.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILSON S. TYLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keota, in the county of Weld and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabric Linings for Grain-Cars and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in linings for the body portions of freight cars, wagons and the like, more particularly cars or other vehicles employed for transporting grain and like products in bulk, and has for one of its objects to provide a lining formed of overlapping sections of fabric material such as canvas, burlap or the like, and adapted to be readily secured to the inner Walls of the car or other vehicle body, and likewise adapted without structural change to cars or other vehicles of varying sizes and dimensions.

WVith these and other objectsin view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed ou in the claims.

The improved device may be applied to the body portions of cars, wagons or other vehicles, but for the purpose of illustration the improved device is shown adapted for use in connection with an ordinary freight car, and in the drawings thus employed:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the lower portion of a conventional freight or grain car with the improvement applied;

Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of one of the lining sections employed at the ends of the car;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the lining sections employed intermediate the car, or between the end sections;

Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of one of the lining sections which is located against the end of the car before the edges are folded and hemmed;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one ofthe intermediate sections before the edges are folded and hemmed;

Fig. 6 is a similar view of one of the terminal sections before the edges are folded and hemmed;

Figs. 7 8 and 9 are views similar to Figs.

2 and 3, illustrating a modification in the illustrating the construction of the fastening devices whereby the fabric sections are secured to the supporting body..

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved lining may be constructed of any suitable fabric, such as heavy cloth, canvas, burlap or the like, and is cut in sections with the edges folded and hemmed to lncrease the strength of the fabric and pre vent raveling or fracture when applied. The sections are arranged to extend over the bottom and up the sides of the body of the car or other vehicle, and when employed in connection with a freight car the portions of the fabric sections which bear against the sides of the car extend above the grain line, and when employed in connection with a wagon or like vehicle the sections will extend to the upper edge of the body or box.

The terminal sections differ slightly from the'intermediate sections, one of the terminal sections being illustrated in Figs. 2 and 6. Fig. 6 represents one of the terminal sections before having the edges folded and hemmed and comprises a main body portion 10'and end portions 11. At the juncture of the main portion 10 and the end portions 11 one edge of the fabric is cleft for a short distance as indicated at 12. The edges of the portions 10-1l are turned over and hemmed along the dotted lines 18 to secure the edges of the fabric and reinforce the same, and when applied to the car or other vehicle the portions 11 of the terminal sections are folded at right angles to the bodyportion 10 along the line 14 to cause them to assume the shape shown in Fig. 2. One edge of the portion 11 is further folded along the line 15 at right angles to the portions 11 to form corner guards or laps as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The corresponding edge of the bodyv portion 10 is likewise folded along the line 16 and directed at right angles to the body portion-as illustrated in Fig. 2, to form a vertical guard 17 transversely of the end of the car or vehicle body and bearing against the end member of the same. Another strip of fabric material is provided comprising a body portion 18 corresponding in area to the end of thecar or other vehicle with its upper edge folded over and hemmed at 19. The member 18 is arranged against the end of the vehicle with its lower edge overlapping the upturned portion 17- ot-the member between the corner guards of-the'portions 11 a the end i. bevehi le, a il ustrated- 'in Fig. 1. Each 'end'of the car or other ve- 7 hicle will be proyided with one of the termrnal sections and one of the end members 18, and the remainder of: the body, oi; the

vehicle provided with a plurality of inter mediate sections, one. .013; Whieh is. IIQPIB: ens d; 29. in. F g! 3., the number-.015; the. intermediate seetions; corresponding to the. ength? of th 'irehide- Ordinary.- grain cars are'rabont, 3,6 teet'; long ate the doorway;

cured: o, thef gra n doors, It i immateriah hoivl tenths edges Qt. the sections, overlap, consequentlythe-seetiensii r iea llyadjustable to, the; length. oi the. car; or. other vehicle. dimay' adjuste Wi hou ru ulta rchaingee thelt n the car. ortinjthe see:- ti0ns V I 'When he ections are r anged inthe car theoverlap'piing.port ons. are-secured t eac 'otheraildi b the; carbtldy. lay-suitable. fas:'.

elling den-ices. one; otwhiqh. is; represented.

in. Fig- The; fastening devices are each iQIlIlQd-l Y from a single seetion o.t-.wire..compltise 1 11111121, and; a substantial y. 1 1l1fl f ..]13Q0p tyea- 22, wh ch fo msa head; to the spur; tsirep esen edi conventi nal y at; 2 arefer edfat suitableiintervals. inthe emmecli portions of the. fabric sections, and when the. sections; are, attached.- to he.-1ii. ng..por; .t'rons otfthe. car, represented as whole.

at. 24, the spunportionsm oftthe fastening; device are passed through the. alinediey'elets: of i the, overlapping portions S t the, fabric. ectionsand dr ve nt thejmate ial fi he; car." Thefabriesectiens which .aredisposed.

opposite the. doorway open ngs re secured in thefsame manner: by. driving. the.v spurs.

offth ,v fastening devices into thefniateriali of;

the. grain. doors...

When the. improvedidevice s ap l d t h o pr body portion ofa wagon; thelspil s are.

. forced intozthen aterial otthe wagpnibody ni hesanie.manner. Bythisuneansa leakprjooiliningis produ ed uteri fie tuallypre;

venting. the escape of; any oizthej grain or, like produetsl. While in. transit, and; will; not

interfere e itherlwiththedeposit;otithegrain. bribe-car or. other vehicle or; its discharge." therefrom. After; the load; hasbeenedis-n charged from. .t'he, car; orother; vehicle the;

linings are detached by Withdrawing the fastening devices and rolling the detached sections into, relatively snial-lspa'ce for 'returnto the'shipping point to be again used. By tl 's means seine linings may be ertica i ides oitzithe. car; wi hicleftse 21:

whereby: their lower. edges 28 may, di-v 8Q.

ectectatirightang esitQthe.vwaieal; portion.

261110; hear. bieneathfthe. edges'qte t e; ineniberl 25 at the sides, and likewise.v dilQQted; at right. anglesto the body; pnrtion. at. the. ends sshorr n, at. 29, coirespopdihgio; the. end as gnardportionsshown inlligsl and 2.. In.- he. modified. structure. end sections 218. a e. proyided corresponding, to; thefend; 30

18. with their longer. edgesjdirectedat. right angles td thebodyportionsito bearebeneath; 9;}; the? ends. ot; the' floor. section 25.; The; 11013:...

time 2.5 ishemmed'atthe edges as shoivnfin.

Rig. 7,. and; the. hemmed: portion i-providedi with a. plurality; ot the. eyelets 2.3: to, receive; the. spur portibl fi; 21; ort -the. fastening. de-L 95, vices, while the guard portions. 28 flIl'dQQ: arelikewise:provided; with; the... eyeletsffor the-same purpose. 1 r i The modified, structure maybefound. ad vantageous.undenertain circumstances; but; IQQ does not constitute a departure... triomtheprinciple of the invention. orsacrificefany iof itsadvantages T J Ainy suitable fabric, inayebev employed; for. the: section's, butgenerally a'. lightquality! 10 5 otfcanvaswillbe used;-

. Having-l thusdescribed; the invention, whatiseclaiined-i as .neizvi is LA lining; of; the. class described; 0011'): prising sedtiOirsgofe flexible. material having... 110. clefts. in OneIedgein.spacedzrelation; theniihterial; of thesectionsin. advancelof the cletts being folded in angular relation. thereto and overlappinglto form corner. guardsfinterinediatef' sectionsf overlapping; the. corner-.115 guard portions, end sections. overlapping. the corner. guard-1 portions and the I adjacent portions arena inter-n1ediatefsections; and fastening-.. devices extending through; theoverlapping portions. of, the fabric; sections. 12.0 adapted: to enter a supporting structuref 2. A lining jofrthe; class I described! C0111: prising sections of flexible.inateriathemnied... attheeidgies and with. eyeletsin thehnnfi'e'ld pbrtijons ands havingljcletts. in; one..-edge;..ini 12.5 spaced relation, the material oftthe.sectionsin; advance Oli; the; clefts. being 'foldedi in angular .relatio'njthereto -;and-:.o..verlapping; to j form corner guards intermediate} sections...

halving the:.edges. .hieinme;d1with ey l ggi 13g the hemmed portions and overlapping guard portions, the sections having the hemmed portions overlapping the corner guard portions and the adjacent portions of the intermediate sections, the eyelets of the various .sections registering when the same are arranged in position, and fastening devices extending through the registering eyelets and adapted to enter a supporting structure.

3. A lining of the class described comprising sections of flexible material overlapping to form corner guards, intermediate sections overlapping the corner guard portions, end sections overlapping the corner guard portions and the adjacent portions of the intermediate sections, and fastening denature.

WILSON S. TYLER. [1,. s.]

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